• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.35-42
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• 2003

Objective : This study was performed to investigate the childpsychiatric diseases in oriental medicine. Method : Several main testbooks and paper of oriental medicine in Korea and China were selected and investigated for this study. And then the results of research were analyzed, and compared to DSM-IV. Results and Conclusion : Some childpsychiatric diseases in oriental medicine like oyun(五軟), ojie(五遲), ogyung(五硬), yaje(夜啼), kaego(客?), kueji(鬼持), kibyung(?病) and so on, were revealed. It seems that they are analogous to mental disorders of western psychiatry.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.202-212
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• 2008

Purpose : The aim of this study was to develop a quality of life scale for children on chronic peritoneal dialysis(QOL-CPD). Methods : Thirty children on chronic PD at Seoul National University Children's Hospital participated. A healthy control group included 47 elementary school children. Other patients groups are 32 children from the department of pediatric orthopedics and 28 children from the department of child psychiatry. The age range of all children was 7 to 16 years. Preliminary items of the QOL-CPD were developed and administered along with the Korean version of the Children's Depression Inventory(CDI) to all children. Results : The final QOL-CPD was constructed by excluding those items with a factor loading of less than .20, and the principal axis factor analysis was performed again. The QOLCPD demonstrated a good internal consistency with a value of .87. The dialysis and childpsychiatric groups showed significantly lower QOL scores compared to the healthy control group. In addition, the dialysis and child-psychiatric groups showed greater difficulties on physical and academic functions. For the CDI, the PD group showed a mild level of depression. Conclusion : The results of this study demonstrate the clinical utility of a newly developed self-report QOL scale specific for children on chronic PD.